Chelsea team news: Injuries, predicted lineup, debuts, Raheem Sterling latest and more vs. Tottenham

Feargal Brennan

Chelsea team news: Injuries, predicted lineup, debuts, Raheem Sterling latest and more vs. Tottenham image

Chelsea will be confident of a potential Premier League title challenge this season after Thomas Tuchel invested over £150m this summer.

Thomas Tuchel has boosted his squad with key acquisitions in recent weeks with Raheem Sterling, Kalidou Koulibaly and Marc Cucurella all arriving at Stamford Bridge.

The Blues enjoyed a winning start to the campaign, as Jorginho's spot kick secured a 1-0 win away at Everton, with Tottenham winning 4-1 at home to Southampton.

Former Chelsea boss Antonio Conte has also overhauled his squad this summer with Richarlison, Ivan Perisic and Yves Bissouma amongst the new arrivals in north London.

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Predicted Chelsea lineup: Blues starting XI against Spurs

Here's how Chelsea's XI could look, in a 3-4-3 formation: Mendy (GK) — Azpilicueta, Silva, Koulibaly — James, Jorginho, Kante, Chilwell — Mount, Sterling, Havertz

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Koulibaly and Sterling both started at Goodison Park last weekend with solid debuts for Tuchel's new faces. 

Despite coming off in the closing stages, Koulibaly is expected to keep his starting place against Spurs, with Sterling leading the hosts attack.

Cucurella came off the bench for a late cameo on Merseyside, with his switch from Brighton only confirmed the day before, and Tuchel could throw the Spanish international in from the start in this derby tie but Ben Chilwell is likely to get the nod once again.

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Chelsea injury news for Spurs clash

Tuchel is expected to have a fully fit squad to pick from ahead of the game but he could reshuffle his starting XI on their return to home soil.

Cucurella's starting debut will be his main dilemma, while United States international Christian Pulisic impressing off the bench against Everton will also give him food for thought.

What was the score between Chelsea and Tottenham last season?

Chelsea won home and away in Premier League action against Tottenham last season, with a 5-0 aggregate score, including a goal in both games from Thiago Silva.

Tuchel's charges also won both legs of their EFL Cup semi final against Spurs in January and they are unbeaten against Tottenham in their last 11 meetings in all competitions.

Premier League 2022/23 TV channels, live streams

  UK USA Canada Australia
TV channel Sky Sports, BT Sport USA Network, Telemundo, Universo
Streaming NOW TV, Sky Go, Amazon Prime fuboTV, Peacock fuboTV Optus Sport

UK: Matches are carried across Sky Sports and BT Sport streaming and TV platforms, with select matches on Amazon Prime.

USA: Select matches are televised on USA Network (English) and Telemundo or Universo (Spanish), and all three channels can be streamed on fuboTV. The rest of the matches are streamed on NBC platform Peacock for subscribers.

Canada: Every Premier League game streams live and on demand exclusively via fuboTV.

Australia: Fans in Australia can stream matches live and on demand on Optus Sport

Feargal Brennan

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Feargal is a content producer for The Sporting News. He has been working with TSN since the start of 2022 after stints with Reach, Amazon UK and Squawka in a nomadic career in the football media pyramid. Always with a keen eye on Arteta's 'Reds' and Kenny's Ireland 'Greens' and a 100% five-a-side penalty record.